November 2014

Nov

22

2014

PILATUS : Photo workshop at 2132 m.

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PILATUS :

Photo workshop with NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC photographers:

Florian & Salomon Schulz

We know this guy, went to a multi media show he did on his travels to the Arctic last year, and we’re definitely hooked !

We visited an afternoon workshop last year, and as we saw this chance…we took it. Two days on the Pilatus, a 2132m/7000 ft high mountain in central Switzerland, learning from the pro’s and the best thing is, we are going to do night shoots and learn to do time lapse, Juergs favourites !

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So we left home a little early, hoping to take some photos before it got too crowded. An hour’s drive got us to Alpnachstad. The exit is well posted and the parking lot was easily found and half empty, good for us ! All right maybe this was because the weather was getting from average to rather lousy…. We got our tickets for the cogwheel railway. It goes up all 30 minutes, and we had of course just missed it, so we had plenty of time for a coffee before we could at last get up there.

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Nov

01

2014

Cheetah or Hyena ? Which do you like best ?

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Cheetah or Hyena ?

Which do you like best ? I believe most of you will spontaneously go for the cheetah, the sleek, athletic hunter, as compared to the hyena, the not so pretty and oddly proportioned hunter and scavenger, which even in Walt Disney movies is pictured as an ugly, stealing coward. But what if we look at the cubs ? All small animals are adorable, but as my ranger told me he was a big fan of the hyenas I didn’t quite believe him. That was till we got to the hyena den…

 Judge for yourselves, I bet you’ll have a hard time deciding !

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Cheetah…

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or Hyena ?

P.S. I am very proud and honoured that this blog is also featured as a blog for  Africa Geographic

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